The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-23
State Stelus.

The J. NJ Odell Mfg Co., will
at once double the quantity Of Ma
lchinery at Bynum's.-Chatham
Home.
T! Our friends from the country
tell us that wheat is looking very
well. All that we have seen looks
promising.-Concord Register.
! Arrangements are being made
fort he tobacco factory. Both chew
ing and smoking tobacco will be
Observation-Disclosures Weekly
Goats are coming out amazingly"
and in some sections a good crop
will be harvested, if no further acci-
dent happens to them.-Monroe En-
quirer.
The Farmers Club had an inter-
estsng meeting last Saturday. They
decided that the use of guano does
not pay. Glad Of that conclusion.
-Scotldnd Neck Democrat.
Farmers say that farm work is
behind hand, but they admit that
home made manure used will exceed
that of former years. In this item
alone most farmers can save enough
to make farming proftable.-Idr-
boro Southerner
Work on the Roanoke & Tar
River railroad is progressing rapidly.
The track will be laid to the Meher-
rim river in a few days, and work on
the bridge, which we are informed
will be an iron structure, will soon
commence-Poticdsi Patron
y 1T is believed by those best quail
fed to judge that there will be as
mudh tobacco raised in Stokes this
year as last. Many farmers say
they will make but little, but others
say they will make more.-Danbury
Reporter.
4 1t is gratifying to know that
the farmers of this section of the
jcountry are fast dropping the mort
gage system of farming. There is not
one half the mortgages given this
season there was this time last year.
-Fdyetteville News.
Our people are excited over
mad-dogs, and when some of them
meet dog in the road, and the dog
don't get out of the way, they do.
In conversation with great
many farmers, we learn that the
acreage in tobacco will not be as
large as it was last year Nearly
all say. that they do not expect to
buy any fertilizers.-Mocksuiue
Times.
John Etheridge and Frank Ted
ford, the only survivors Of the gal
liant life saving crew who went out
to rescue the crew of the illfated
Iship Elizabeth, each received last
week from the Maritime Exchange
Iof New York, check for 500 as an
Acknowledgment of their heroic con-
duct in risking their own lives to
save those of Elizabeth City
Economist.
We learn that Capt. Marion
Smith contemplates running stock
farm near Gibsonville- w. c..
Balm, the enterprising contractor
from Graham, N c., has been in the
city and informs us that he will
soon build an addition to the "One-
dia Cotton Mills" located at this
place. The building will be 50x12O
feet. There will also be a lapper
house 3Ox50 feet-Greensboro Pa
Itriot
The report has again gained
currency that the Jordan brick
warehouse is to be converted into a
cotton mill, and that one of the
Holts, of cotton mill fame, will be the
prime mover in the concern.-A
stock company, to be known as the
"Modern Barn Smoking Tobacco
Company" has been organized for
the purpose of manufacturing smok-
ing tobacco at this place. All the
stock has been taken and the COM
pany will put their factory into
operation as soon as possible
High Point Enterprise.
Mr.. Manning, Secretary of the
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